#SCOTCHSERIES 33 #DRAFF Draff is the state that barely ends up in during the whisky making process. It all starts with barley, we focus on it during malting and milling. Then, comes mashing - and our focus shifts to the water filtering through the grist. This hot water becomes filled with the sugars being "strained out" the grist (like in a filter coffee machine) This sugary water is now called Wort, and becomes the focus of our attention. The crushed, washed out husks of barley are no longer needed, we have extracted from them what we require. We call these wet crushed barley skins "draff" and feed it to our cattle. Draff contains various proteins and very little sugar, and the coarse husks are excellent roughage. Pot ale syrup used to be spread on fields as a natural fertiliser, or mixed with draff to make good feed, Now it's disposal is closey monitored and regulated, and has to be licensed and SEPA approved. In the past, farmers would informally come to the distillery with their trailor and get a load of draff. Now draff, pot ale and spent lees disposal is big business. It is a chemical industry in itself, and an important part of CO2 emission equations. #IslayWhiskyConnection #IslayWhiskyAcademy #ScotchTalk photo - feeding the Caithness cattle from #WolfburnDistillery